Washing machine



S. Y. SEEDS.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mu) MAY 9, 1921f I 'Pafiented Oct 241 1922. 2 SHEETS-SHEET lnunmmnm Wlllflilli l lllllliillllllmiii i A TTORE Y S. Y. SEEDS.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1921- Patented Oct. 24,1922;

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To all whom it may concern:

1:" Be it known that I, SHUBLE Sirens, a

citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Oklahoma city in the county of Oklahoma and State offiklahoma, have invented cer tain Improvements in Washing Machines, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawin object of the invention is to provide a machine for washing clothes and other fabric articles.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the ensuing description.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side eleva tion of the improved machine.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is asimilar view taken on the line 3-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 1 is a sectional line 41 of Figure 1. p

Like characters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

The improved machine includes a rectangular sheet-metal container5 for water and the articles 6 to be washed, this container be ing p povided at each of its four corners with le s The container 5 is divided into two compartments 8 by a vertical cross wall 9, and the lower edge of this wall is spaced a short distancefrom the bottom 10 of the container so that the water may pass under it irom one compartment to the other.

The container 5 is provided with two lids 11 which are connected to the upper edges of the side walls 12 by hinges 13, these lids meeting each other on a central longitudinal line as best shown in Figure 3.

Each of the two compartments 8 is provided with a close-fitting plunger 1e, and each plunger is provided witha central vertical controlling stem 15.

The lids 11 are cut away as at 16 to loosely clear the stems 15 of the plungers 1 1.

To support other parts of the machine a pressed-metal standardl'? is riveted to each end wall 18 of the container 5, the two standards being structurally connected at about mid height by a horizontal wooden member 19 which is provided with notches 20 to receive and guide the stems 15 of the plungers 14:.

view taken on the *bar by tight collars 27.

Application filed May 8, 1921. Serial No.

The ends of the wooden member 19v are boltedto brackets and 22 which are in turn riveted to the standards 17.

To removably hold the stems '15 in the guiding notches 20 of the member 19, a retaining bar 23 is arranged to be swung to and from holding position in horizontal plane, one end of this bar being bent clownward to form a vertical pivot-pin 24: which extends down revolubly through bearings 25 on the bracket .22.

This bar 23 is provided with rollers 26..

which revolve around it and co-operate with the wooden member 19 in guiding the vertical movements of "the stems 15, these rollers being held against endwise movement on the In closing the bar 23 to holding position its free end 28 is forced over and behind a holding lip 29 on the bracket 21.

To impart vertical reciprocating movement to the stems 15 and plungers 14:, a crank-shaft 30 is journaled in bearings 31 on the upper ends of the standards 17, and connecting-rods 32 operatively connect the cranks 33 of said crank-shaft to the upper ends of the stems 15.

The crank-shaft 30 is provided with a crank 341: for manually driving it; and the two cranks 33 are diametrically opposed to produce an alternating movement of the plungers 14.

Each connecting-rod 32 includes two sections 32 and 32 which telescope for adjustment of their length, and the twosections are locked in adjusted position by pins 35 which pass through them. 1

Near the bottom 10 of each compartment 8 screen 36 is supported in horizontal plane by ledges 37 which are secured to the walls 12and 18 and to the lower edge of the cross wall 9.

In preparing to operate the machine, the clothes or other articles 6 to be washed are placed in the two compartments 8 where they rest on the screens 36 or float in the water. 1

As each plunger moves downward in its respective compartment 8 under action of the crank-shaft 30 it forces the water in said compartment down through its respective screen 36, thereby forcing the articles 6 down onto said screen and driving the water through them.

The water thus forced down through the Then, by swinging the bar '23 away from the stems 15 the plungers 14 may be removed.

A clean-out pipe 39 may be provided for the container 5, and said pipe may be provided With a suitable valve 40.

The following is claimed In a Washing machine, a container for water, a plunger in the container and having an upstanding stem, supportingstandards carried by the container, :1 striu-tnral men1- her connecting the standards and adapted to guide the movements of the stem, a bar pivoted to one of the standards and arranged to swing in a horizontal plane, said bar being adapted to co-act with the structural. meniber in guiding the stem, a roller carried revolubly 011 the bar to enqage the stem, and means for locking the tree end of the bar against IIIOVGIHGIlt.

lVitness my hand this 30 day of April,

SHUBIJE Y. SEEDS. 

